Main Cast: Dom DeLuise, Jerry Reed, Suzanne Pleshette, Ossie Davis
Release Year: 1979
Country: US
Run Time: 91 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG
Plot
In this comedy a trio of undercover government cops in Miami decide that it would be a good idea to open a bogus fencing operation so they can trap criminals. When the crooks find out, trouble ensues and the fun begins. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
Dom DeLuise - Director, Neil Travis - Editor, Ted Adams Swanson - Executive Producer, Paul Maslansky - Executive Producer, Patrick Williams - Composer (Music Score), James Pergola - Cinematographer, Ted Adams Swanson - Production Manager, Mort Engelberg - Producer, Mike Kane - Screenwriter, Donald E. Westlake - Screenwriter
Three Miami cops (played by DeLuise, Pleshette and Reed), frustrated at their inability to convict the criminals they arrest, decide to set up a sting as a fencing operation to trap criminals in a pawn shop, recording the illegal transactions on the (then) new technology of videotape. With less than helpful support from their captain (Ossie Davis), the trio decides to re-sell some of their stolen items to stay in business. Trouble follows as the craziness continues. They run afoul of the local mob boss, Reed sees his car destroyed by a bomb (and laments "I just had it washed"), they have a shootout with gun runners at a waterfrontcondominiumconstruction site, and they ultimately arrest the criminals en masse at a party. Hot Stuff can be described as a Burt Reynolds' type comedy movie without Burt Reynolds. The original song Hot Stuff was written and performed by Reed.
